Documents the journey of Nicholas Cresswell from England, as an aspiring young man, to Colonial America to make his fortune in farming.  His journal starts in the days just prior to leaving (1774) on his journey and documents amazing  experiences from the war, slavery in both America and Barbados, as well as Indian territories, sicknesses, food, and colonial ways of life, and then back to England (1777).  Nicholas was very astute and observant per his inclusions into the journal. He was born in Crowden-le-Booth, Edale, in December, 1750, was 24 years old when he went to America, and died at 53 years of age  on July 14th, 1804, at Idridgehay.  

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